Saturday, January 19th
Venue: The Thomas Center, Gainesville
Registration, Reception and Light Refreshments 8:00 AM
MORNING Session: Exploring Consciousness
Introduction – Joshua Greene, Master of Ceremonies 9:00 AM
“Epistemology of Physics and Metaphysics” by Howard Resnick, PhD 9:15 AM
“Science of the Subjective” by Brenda Dunne, MS, Director of ICRL 9:45 AM
“Why consciousness is a big deal for science” by Martin Fleming, Director (SPi) 10:15 AM
BREAK 10:40 AM
“ “Shifts of Attention: The Origins of Transcendent Experiences” by Louis Ritz, PhD,
University of Florida 10:55 AM
“Interconnections and Disconnects: Gebser/Aurobindo/Prabhupada, Consciousness,
and Bringing the East to the West” by David Zuckerman, PhD, California State Univ. 11:25 AM
PANEL DISCUSSION – Joshua Greene (Chair) 11:45 AM
Members: Stuart Hameroff, Louis Ritz, Brenda Dunne, Howard Resnick,
Martin Fleming
–– Questions submitted by smartphone or cards––
Concluding Remarks: Joshua Greene 12:25 PM
LUNCH 12:30 PM
AFTERNOON Session: Research and Relevance
Introduction – Joshua Greene, Master of Ceremonies 1:30 PM
Part One:
Current research projects – Martin Fleming (chair) 1:35 PM
“Dynamics of Decision Making and the External Environment ”
by Mauricio Garrido, PhD, Bhaktivedanta Institute for Higher Studies 1:40 PM
“Does Modern Science Falsify Vedic Claims About the Age of the Universe?”
by Jonathan Banks, PhD, University of Alberta 1:55 PM
"The Correlation Between Materials Science and the Vedic System of Sounds"
by Fedor Vodolazskiy, PhD, Ural Federal University 2:10 PM
“Neuro-Cardiac Effects of Audible Mantra Meditation”
by Venugopal Damerla, MD, ABoIM 2:25 PM
“DNA and Consciousness” by Nitika Parmar, PhD, California State Univ. 2:40 PM
“Clinics and Dynamics of Suicidal Behavior” by Alexander Zalivin, PhD,
Omsk State Medical Academy 2:55 PM
Concluding Remarks – Joshua Greene 3:10 PM
BREAK 3:15 PM
Part Two:
Relevance, communication & public perception - Bob Cohen (chair)
“Enhancing Religion-Science Communications” by Tom Aechtner, PhD,
University of Queensland 3:35 PM
“Foundations of the Bhaktivedanta Institute: Documents from the Richard L.
Thompson Archives” by S. E. Kreitzer, PhD, Richard L. Thompson Archives 4:05 PM
“Vaishnavism, Antievolutionism, and Ambiguities: Revisiting ISKCON-Evolution
Discourse” by Oliver Zambon, PhD Candidate, University of Queensland 4:25 PM
“Dualism and Beyond: Some Thoughts on Explaining Consciousness”
by Ricardo Silvestre, PhD, University of Campina, Grande 4:40 PM
“Can Empirical Observation Influence Scriptural Testimony? An Exploration
through Jiva Gosvami's Sarva-samvadini.”
by Ravi M.Gupta, PhD, Utah State University 5:00 PM
PANEL DISCUSSION – Joshua Greene (Chair) 5:20 PM
Members: Tom Aechtner, S. E. Kreitzer, Oliver Zambon, Ricardo Silvestre, Ravi Gupta
–– Questions submitted by smartphone or cards ––
Concluding remarks: Joshua Greene 5:55 PM
BANQUET 6:00 PM
EVENING PROGRAM
Banquet, Entertainment, Poster Session, Book Signing, Videos and more 7:00-9:00 PM